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Creamy rice with spinach

For this simple recipe, rice is mixed with a shallot cream before adding cooked spinach.

10K 3/5 based on 5 reviews

Last modified on: May 28^th 2023

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 shallot
2 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 200 ml cream
4 480 ml cooked rice
5 300 ml cooked spinach
6 20 ml grated cheese (optional)
7 salt
8 pepper

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6 min.	12 min.	18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare and slice 1 shallot.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

In a large saucepan over medium heat, pour in 2 tablespoons olive oil and when hot add the shallot, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute without browning.

Stage 3 - 7 min.

Add 200 ml cream, salt and pepper again, stir and bring to a boil.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 480 ml cooked rice and mix.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Finish with 300 ml cooked spinach, mix again and leave the spinach to warm up.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 6

Serve with a sprinkle of grated cheese on top.

Remarks

The proportions of the recipe are very indicative, do not hesitate to adapt.

Keeping

A few days in the refrigerator, protected by a plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,853 Kcal or 16,132 Kj	89 gr	266 gr	377 gr
193 %	34 %	25 %	57 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
451 Kcal or 1,888 Kj	10 gr	31 gr	44 gr
23 %	4 %	3 %	7 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
963 Kcal or 4,032 Kj	22 gr	66 gr	94 gr
48 %	9 %	6 %	14 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.34 €
Per person : 0.59 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked rice: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Madras rice, Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", Spinach à la Lorraine, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Gratin Comtois, Basic cake batter - the French way, Clementine Chantilly, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Mushroom and artichoke omelette, Creamy risotto with vegetables , Kale and potato soup, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, ... All

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